D&D General The NPC writing session

[MichaelSomething]

Hey Enworlders! I just developed a great new idea that will move D&D forward!

How about once every ten (ish) or so sessions is spent completely on writing up NPCs/monsters? Like instead of the characters going to a dungeon or whatever, all the players spend the whole time writing up NPCs/monsters??? I think that would massively improve the game! People who want more realism/optimization/whatever out of NPCs/monsters can just create what ever they want to encounter for themselves!!!

No need to thank me, just give this post EXP. Have a nice day.

 

[payn]

 

[Stormonu]

I don't think I'd burn a whole session on it - nobody likes "homework" forced on them, and I could see some players seeing it as that, especially taking away from their gaming time.

But I'd certainly be willing to reward players if between sessions they wrote up an NPC or monster that could later show up in the game. Even just a paragraph or two without stats would do, I could then flesh out the stats to what feels appropriate.

 

[MichaelSomething]

I thought more people would be in to this idea! Where are all the people who want monsters to be built under the same system as PCs? Surely they would not mind spending a session to build monsters hit die by hit die?? Where are all the lore head? Is there no better way to learn about the lore of the world then to make the creatures that inhabit it?? Where are the people who crave realism and immersion? Surely making the monsters yourself is the best way to ensure the monsters match your vision of what they should be???

 

[GMMichael]

I thought more people would be in to this idea! Where are all the people who want monsters to be built under the same system as PCs? Surely they would not mind spending a session to build monsters hit die by hit die?? Where are all the lore head? Is there no better way to learn about the lore of the world then to make the creatures that inhabit it?? Where are the people who crave realism and immersion? Surely making the monsters yourself is the best way to ensure the monsters match your vision of what they should be???

I'm picturing the DM inviting "all interested players" to that next session. And the DM is the only one who shows up.

 

[aco175]

 

[Paul Farquhar]

all the players spend the whole time writing up NPCs/monsters???

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Where are all the people who want monsters to be built under the same system as PCs?

They are all DMs already, and spend most of their time doing that stuff.

 

[Chaltab]

Did you really just make an absurd thread to mock people with whom you disagree? Because this seems very childish.